Priva lappulacea (L.) Pers.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Verbenaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - More or less pubescent. Stems 2-6 dm. tall, branching; leaves ovate, 2-10 cm. long, acute or acuminate, serrate, truncate or cordate at the base, the petioles much shorter than the blades; racemes loosely flowered, 5-15 cm. long; pedicels 1-2 mm. long; calyx cylindric-prismatic, 2-3 mm. long, accrescent, pubescent; corolla slightly surpassing the calyx, salverform, with short rounded lobes; fruit ovoid-pyramidal, 5-7 mm. long; nutlets included in the calyx, spiny-tuberculate on the back, 3-4 mm. long.
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Distribution
Waste places, coppices and cultivated ground, Abaco, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera. Watling's, Parrot Cay and Inagua : Florida ; West Indies : Mexico to Brazil. Erroneously referred by Dolley to Teucrium inflatum Sw. Bur Vervain. Cat's-toxgue.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies| México Mexico North America| Brazil South America|